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Avatour puts logistics pros in the room during virtual meetings

Technology is slowly emerging to take the COVID-19 business meeting to new heights. The introduction of 360-degree cameras allows remote participants to fully engage with the meeting, whether it takes place in an office setting, warehouse or some other remote location.

Avatour is at the forefront of this change, having brought to market the Avatour Real-Time 360-degree camera and meeting technology. Global logistics operator DB Schenker is one of the early adopters of the technology.

“The...

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GSCW Day 8 keynote: Will consumer goods drive the economy in 2021?

Home desks. Bicycles. Furniture. We’re not going to buy as many of those as the pandemic eases and we resume dining in restaurants, traveling by air and going on vacation, according to HSBC economist James Pomeroy.

“We’re starting to think about what is going to drive growth this year,” Pomeroy said in a conversation with FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller during Global Supply Chain Week. “If you go into the consumer spending data in any economy, you can see the sectors where the spending...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-day-8-keynote:-will-consumer-goods-continue-to-drive-the-economy?

Zoom Turns Santa & Goes Free for Celebrations, Limitless Talktime

Although there are many video calling services, Zoom has been by far the most popular choice in 2020 and just announced impressive financial results for Q3, reports Tech Advisor.

No 40-minute Limit

But the company has announced a nice surprise for its users: it’s ditching the usual 40-minute call limit for Christmas and New Year’s Eve so that families who can’t be together physically can still meet virtually on a video call.

The limit doesn’t apply to paying customers, but since most people using...

https://mfame.guru/zoom-turns-santa-goes-free-for-celebrations-limitless-talktime/

Digital Celebration of Christmas Day

These may be hard times, but technology can help.

It has its flaws. It’s not accessible to everybody. But the BBC Tech team has pulled together some ideas for digital solutions to aid us in this bleak, midwinter moment.

Beat Zoom fatigue

Zoom, Facetime, Google Meet and others might seem an obvious alternative when meeting in-person isn’t possible, but not everyone finds these virtual gatherings rejuvenating.

Thanks to the pandemic, many of us have spent long hours on work-based video conferences...

https://mfame.guru/digital-celebration-of-christmas-day/

Salesforce isn’t slacking off — Put That Coffee Down (with video)

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Dooner and Hill break down how Salesforce purchasing Slack and the Zoom boom will carry sales strategies into 2021

Put That Coffee Down is sponsored by Salesforce

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It’s the deal that has everybody talking, including Dooner and Kevin Hill. Salesforce is buying the work chat app Slack for $27.7 billion. 

News of the acquisition sent Slack stock soaring to peak highs, as the two companies together are expected to take on Microsoft Teams. 

To no one’s surprise, video meeting service Zoom has...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/salesforce-isnt-slacking-off-put-that-coffee-down-with-video

Commentary: Commoditizing and shipping air bubbles

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. 

A funny paradox says that there is a particular restaurant that is so busy nobody bothers to go there anymore. Well, after the siege of sheltering at home is lifted in various cities and states, perhaps hungry patrons will start to revisit these once busy restaurants. Some see wisdom in crowds and others wish to be “far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife.”...

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